Jan 16, 2023
– while 5th still pending Kaieteur News – US oil major ExxonMobil has commenced the application process seeking environmental permission for its sixth oil project in the offshore Stabroek Block. The company has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Whiptail development which was announced in July of 2021. EPA’s Chief...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – We thought that the people at Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would have learned a sharp, embarrassing lesson in the matter of Schlumberger and the waiving of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The Court came down hard on the EPA, and the thinking was that amends would be made going forward, that...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt government’s 300 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant from a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) shows a pattern of continued negligence by the government, towards the environment and health of its citizens. This is the position of Dr. Vincent Adams, a Petroleum Engineer...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – Acorn International, ExxonMobil’s new Consultant has completed and submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the fifth offshore oil project, the Uaru development in the Stabroek Block. The 3,178 paged document that contains four volumes of data, points out the dangers associated with the oil project, actions for mitigation and background on...
Jan 06, 2023
Jan 03, 2023
The Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VESHI) has started the new year with the emergence of the first part of its artificial island in the Demerara River. The consortium managing the project hailed this as a momentous achievement and a first for Guyana. This new island is part of the reclaimed land that will be transformed...
Dec 28, 2022
… as oil sector moves at breakneck speed Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall recently noted that the government is in the process of modernizing the nation’s waste management laws. During the airing of his programme, Issues in the News, Nandlall said a modern waste management bill is currently...
Dec 23, 2022
Kaieteur News – Social Activist, Ramon Gaskin has signalled his intention to appeal Wednesday’s Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling that Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (Hess) and China National Offshore Oil Cooperation Guyana (CNOOC) do not need separate licences to engage in oil development and production given the licence obtained by their partner, Esso Exploration and...
Dec 19, 2022
Kaieteur News – On Friday, High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan ruled that Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) breached the law to issue a permit to Schlumberger Guyana Inc. to construct a radioactive storage facility at Lot 1 Area ‘X’ Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD)., without conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) first. On February 14,...
Dec 17, 2022
-judge quashes permit, rules waiving impact study was illegal By David Papannah December 17, 2022 Court Document: 2022-HC-DEM-CIV-FDA-193 – Click to Download and read – PDF version. Justice Nareshwar Harnanan yesterday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) breached its statutory duty by issuing environmental permits to Schlumberger-Guyana Inc. and waiving the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment...
